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Mercedes-Benz Halts Diesel Powertrains for Passenger Cars

Mercedes-Benz will no longer offer diesel powertrains for its passenger cars in the United States, but will continue to produce diesel variants of its Sprinter Vans, Autoblog reports.

Diesels account for only 3% of brand sales, said Ola Kallenius, head of R&D for Mercedes Car Group, according to The Detroit Bureau. He added that diesel doesn't fit into the automaker's U.S. portfolio.

The automaker delayed plans to sell diesel version of the C-Class and GLC in 2016, according to Carbuzz.com. Mercedes decided that the effort to achieve compliance was too much investment for just 3% percent of sales in the U.S.

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The national average price of a gallon of regular unleaded jumped 12 cents to $2.93 over the past two weeks, ahead of the Memorial Day holiday and reaching the highest level for this holiday weekend in four years, according to AAA.

Fleetcor Technologies, Inc. will test blockchain technology as a way to modernize payments for its commercial fleet clients, especially across international borders, as part of a new initiative with Ripple, which has expertise in the technology, according to the company.

The national average gasoline price moved sharply higher for the week ending May 14, following the Trump administration's decision to withdrawal from an Obama-era nuclear deal and reimpose sanctions on the country.

Chevrolet will allow drivers to pay for fuel at participating Shell stations using a mobile app in the vehicle's infotainment system with a new electronic payment solution, General Motors has announced.

ARI will offer its fleet clients WEX Millennium Platform, a platform that allows real-time authorization data, increased control over transactions, and the ability to create multiple fuel profiles with different parameters, the fleet management company has announced.